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For founders building with Claude Code, start with Designpixil: we hand off tokens as code and component rules for your CLAUDE.md, so every change the agent makes follows the design. Eleken and Shakuro both name Claude Code in their services. UX studio, Cieden and Phenomenon Studio don't market Claude Code work specifically, but suit teams that want research, complex B2B design, or a redesign and rebuild.
Designpixil is on this list and we wrote it. Every other agency is judged on the same published facts, and how we ranked is at the end.
The shortlist at a glance
| Agency | Best for | Published price | Minimum project | Not a fit for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Designpixil | Founders shipping with Claude Code who want a design the agent follows | $4,917/mo subscription, projects from $3,000 | $3,000 | Enterprise programs that need a large team, or anyone who needs engineers as well as design |
| 2. Eleken | Claude Code teams that want a dedicated designer | From $4,599/mo (part-time designer) | $10,000+ | Teams that need a studio to lead strategy and brand rather than add a designer |
| 3. Shakuro | Claude Code builds that need a code and UX audit | Not published | $5,000+ | A design-only redesign; its entry point is a combined code and UX audit |
| 4. UX studio | Research-led redesigns with front-end support | Not published | $10,000+ | Founders who need a fast visual refresh more than research |
| 5. Cieden | Complex B2B products bought in fixed sprints | From $50/hr; UX audit from $2,000 | $10,000+ | Marketing-site facelifts or brand-only work, which it says other contractors suit better |
| 6. Phenomenon Studio | Replacing the agent-built product with a designed and engineered one | UX audit from $2,000; web app design from $12,000 | $10,000+ | Pre-seed build budgets: its published MVP development starts at $20,000 |
What matters for products built with Claude Code
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They design for an agent that reads your codebase
Claude Code reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands. Design rules written into the repo, for example in the CLAUDE.md file it reads at the start of a session, get followed on every change.
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They deliver tokens as code
Colour, type, spacing and radius should arrive as variables your code uses, so the agent cannot drift from them without someone noticing in review.
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They design the states, not just the screens
Agents implement exactly what they are told. If the design shows no empty, loading or error state, the agent will invent one. Ask for every state of the flows that matter.
What goes wrong when the agent designs as it codes
Claude Code will build a perfectly working settings page in minutes, and it will choose its own layout, spacing and copy to do it. Repeat that across a product and you get software that functions well and looks like it was assembled by different people on different days.
The fix is cheap: write the design down where the agent will read it. Tokens in code, component rules in CLAUDE.md, and designed screens for the flows that carry revenue. The agent becomes the most consistent implementer on the team.
1. Designpixil: Founders shipping with Claude Code who want a design the agent follows
We work with founders who build with Claude Code, and we hand off in a form it follows: tokens as code, component rules you can drop into CLAUDE.md, and designed screens for the flows that matter.
Redesigning AI-built products is a named service for us, not a side line. For Echo AI, an AI chat and IDE product shipped fast as an MVP, we started with tokens before screens (colour, type and spacing as a system), then rebuilt the components the developers actually touch, with every state designed. The full write-up is in how we redesigned Echo AI's vibe-coded MVP.
A redesign starts at $3,000 and the ongoing subscription is $4,917 a month, both published on our pricing page. You work with Anant directly. We design and hand off in a form your coding tool can implement, so you keep full control of your codebase.
“You do some great work and I'll recommend you to anyone I know looking for quality product designs in the states.”
| Based in | Remote-first, serving the US, UK and EU |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 |
| Team | Founder-led: Anant Jain designs every project |
| How you hire them | Monthly design subscription, Fixed-scope projects |
| Published price | $4,917/mo subscription, projects from $3,000 |
| Minimum project | $3,000 |
| Design or build | Designs the product for your engineers or AI coding tools; designs and builds marketing sites in Framer |
| AI work they publish | Echo AI case study: whole product in 5 to 6 weeksWhizo AI case study: marketing websiteHAL51 AI: landing page |
| Best for | Founders shipping with Claude Code who want a design the agent follows |
| Not a fit for | Enterprise programs that need a large team, or anyone who needs engineers as well as design |
2. Eleken: Claude Code teams that want a dedicated designer
Eleken's homepage names Claude Code among the tools teams arrive with, and places a dedicated designer with them month to month.
| Based in | Kyiv, Ukraine, with a US entity in Delaware |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| Team | 100+ people |
| How you hire them | Dedicated designer subscription, Team extension, 3-day free trial |
| Published price | From $4,599/mo (part-time designer) |
| Minimum project | $10,000+ |
| Design or build | Design only, handed to your engineers |
| AI work they publish | AampePanjayaCaseScribe |
| Best for | Claude Code teams that want a dedicated designer |
| Not a fit for | Teams that need a studio to lead strategy and brand rather than add a designer |
3. Shakuro: Claude Code builds that need a code and UX audit
Shakuro's AI-built product audit names Claude Code and reviews UX, code, security and redesign readiness together.
| Based in | Lewes, Delaware, US and Dubai, UAE |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Team | 150+ people |
| How you hire them | AI-built product audit, Design and development projects |
| Published price | Not published, quoted after a call |
| Minimum project | $5,000+ |
| Design or build | Designs and develops in-house |
| AI work they publish | None published that we found |
| Best for | Claude Code builds that need a code and UX audit |
| Not a fit for | A design-only redesign; its entry point is a combined code and UX audit |
4. UX studio: Research-led redesigns with front-end support
UX studio does not market Claude Code work specifically. It is research-led with in-house React front-end development.
| Based in | Budapest, Hungary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Team | 50-249 people |
| How you hire them | Embedded dedicated team, Fixed price or rate card, Free 5-day trial |
| Published price | Not published, quoted after a call |
| Minimum project | $10,000+ |
| Design or build | Designs and develops in-house |
| AI work they publish | OverseeAIInquisita |
| Best for | Research-led redesigns with front-end support |
| Not a fit for | Founders who need a fast visual refresh more than research |
5. Cieden: Complex B2B products bought in fixed sprints
Cieden does not market Claude Code work specifically. It designs complex B2B and AI products and sells fixed-price two-week sprints.
| Based in | Toronto, Canada and Lviv, Ukraine |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Team | 50 people |
| How you hire them | Project-based (hourly), Team extension, Fixed-price sprints and audits |
| Published price | From $50/hr; UX audit from $2,000 |
| Minimum project | $10,000+ |
| Design or build | Design only, handed to your engineers |
| AI work they publish | Tandom (AI agent UI)AI email assistant |
| Best for | Complex B2B products bought in fixed sprints |
| Not a fit for | Marketing-site facelifts or brand-only work, which it says other contractors suit better |
6. Phenomenon Studio: Replacing the agent-built product with a designed and engineered one
Phenomenon Studio does not market Claude Code work specifically. It publishes prices for product redesign and development, which fits a full rebuild.
| Based in | Tallinn, Estonia, with offices in Switzerland and the US |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 |
| Team | 70+ people |
| How you hire them | Fixed-scope projects, Dedicated team, Team extension |
| Published price | UX audit from $2,000; web app design from $12,000 |
| Minimum project | $10,000+ |
| Design or build | Designs and develops in-house |
| AI work they publish | AIRESWolf Games Case Maker |
| Best for | Replacing the agent-built product with a designed and engineered one |
| Not a fit for | Pre-seed build budgets: its published MVP development starts at $20,000 |
How to choose between them
- You keep building with Claude Code and want the interface consistentDesignpixil
- You want a designer with you for monthsEleken
- You want the code audited tooShakuro
- You are rebuilding with a new teamPhenomenon Studio
How we ranked this list
We started from the studios founders keep running into when they ask AI assistants and search engines who to hire, then kept the ones that do this kind of work and publish proof of it. Every fact in the tables comes from the agency's own website or its public directory listings, checked on October 10, 2026. Prices are only ones an agency publishes itself; where it doesn't, we say so instead of guessing.
The order is our judgment of fit for this specific buyer, not a score. We put Designpixil first only on lists where we genuinely fit the buyer, and our entry lists who we are not right for, the same as everyone else's. If something about your agency is wrong or out of date, email hello@designpixil.com and we will correct it within a week.
